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In 1981, Congress enacted legislation allowing Medicaid funding for LTSS through programs such as the Home-and Community-Based Services (HCBS) waiver program that provides supports for people to live in their communities and that promotes increased opportunities for choice and control (42 U.S.C. Ch. 7, § 1396n §§.) States have refocused ...
Home and Community-Based Services waivers (HCBS waivers) or Section 1915(c) waivers, 42 U.S.C. Ch. 7, § 1396n §§ 1915(c), are a type of Medicaid waiver. HCBS waivers expand the types of settings in which people can receive comprehensive long-term care under Medicaid.
Medicaid Waiver programs help provide services to people who would otherwise be in an institution, nursing home, or hospital to receive long-term care in the community. Prior to 1991, the Federal Medicaid program paid for services only if a person lived in an institution.
After Republicans gained control of the Legislature in 1994, they set about enacting a transformation of state welfare programs, creating Wisconsin Works and other welfare to work programs. In 1995 Wisconsin Act 27, DHSS transitioned into the Department of Health and Family Services (DHFS), and welfare-related programs were split off into the ...
Long-term care insurance, however, empowers you to choose where and how you receive care. 3. Reduced Burden on Caregivers: Long-term care insurance enables you to access professional care when ...
House Bill 1087 created the Long-Term Care Services and Supports Program, which provides a limited lifetime benefit – up to $36,000 – for long-term care costs. The program is funded via a ...
Long-term support (LTS) is a product lifecycle management policy in which a stable release of computer software is maintained for a longer period of time than the standard edition. The term is typically reserved for open-source software , where it describes a software edition that is supported for months or years longer than the software's ...
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